Yeas and nays

YEAS AND NAYS. The list of members of a legislative body voting in the
affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called.
2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, directs that
"the yeas and nays of the members of either house, on any question, shall,
at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal."
Vide 2 Story, Cons. 301.
3. The power of calling the yeas and nays is given by all the
constitutions of the several states, and it is not in general restricted to
the request of one-fifth of the members present, but may be demanded by a
less number and, in some, one member alone has the right to require the call
of the yeas and nays.

Through a resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 128 in favor to nine against (Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo, and the United States), with 35 abstentions, the 193-member Assembly expressed "deep regret" over recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem and stressed that the Holy City "is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations in line with relevant UN resolutions.

The Committee approved a draft resolution on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, by a recorded vote of 173 in favour, to 1 against (Kyrgyzstan), with 3 abstentions (New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey).

A resolution titled "the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories including eastern Jerusalem and the Arab residents in the occupied Syrian Golan on their natural recourses" was adopted following a recorded vote in which 155 states voted for and 8 states voting against including the USA, Canada, South Sudan, Nauru, Palau, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Israel.

A draft resolution on achieving a nuclear weaponfree world and accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments was adopted in the UN General Assembly session on Tuesday by a recorded vote of 169 in favour to 7 against with 5 abstentions including by Bhutan and China.

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